2001 Washington Huskies football team

The 2001 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its third season under head coach Rick Neuheisel, the team compiled an 8-4 record, finished in a three-way tie for second place in the Pacific-10 Conference, and was outscored 370 to 353.[1]

2001 Washington Huskies football
Holiday Bowl, L 43–47 vs. Texas
ConferencePacific-10
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
APNo. 19
Record8–4 (6–2 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKeith Gilbertson (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorTim Hundley (3rd season)
MVPWillie Hurst (O)
Ben Mahdavi (D)
CaptainKyle Benn
Willie Hurst
Larry Tripplett (2)
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
(Capacity: 72,500; FieldTurf)
2001 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Oregon $  7 –1   11 –1  
No. 10 Washington State  6 –2   10 –2  
No. 16 Stanford  6 –2   9 –3  
No. 19 Washington  6 –2   8 –4  
USC  5 –3   6 –6  
UCLA  4 –4   7 –4  
Oregon State  3 –5   5 –6  
Arizona  2 –6   5 –6  
Arizona State  1 –7   4 –7  
California  0 –8   1 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Running back Willie Hurst and linebacker Ben Mahdavi were selected as the team's most valuable players on offense and defense, respectively.

The season opened with tragedy when 16 UW alumni and fans were killed in a plane crash in the Yucatan Peninsula on September 12.[2] The Chichen Itza sightseers were participants on a week-long Husky-themed Caribbean cruise with Don James, Sonny Sixkiller and other Husky coaches and players prior to the Washington-Miami game scheduled for Sept. 15 in the Orange Bowl.[2] This game was cancelled following the September 11 attacks and rescheduled to November 24.[2]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 812:30 p.m.No. 11 Michigan*No. 15
ABCW 23–1874,080
September 2212:30 p.m.Idaho*No. 13
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
FSNW 53–370,145
September 292:00 p.m.at CaliforniaNo. 13
FSNW 31–2835,172
October 612:30 p.m.USCNo. 11
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
FSNW 27–2472,946
October 1312:30 p.m.at No. 7 UCLANo. 10
ABCL 13–3570,377
October 203:30 p.m.ArizonaNo. 15
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
FSNW 31–2871,108
October 276:15 p.m.at Arizona StateNo. 13
FSNW 33–3150,106
November 312:30 p.m.No. 10 StanfordNo. 11
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
FSNW 42–2872,090
November 1012:30 p.m.at Oregon StateNo. 8
FSNL 24–4936,682
November 1712:30 p.m.No. 9 Washington StateNo. 16
ABCW 26–1474,442
November 245:00 p.m.at No. 1 Miami*No. 12
ABCL 7–6578,114
December 287:30 p.m.vs. No. 9 Texas*No. 21
ESPNL 43–4760,548
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Roster
2001 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 24 Rich Alexis So
WR 20 Paul Arnold Jr
OT 72 Todd Bachert So
QB 12 Taylor Barton Jr
C 64 Kyle Benn (C) Sr
OT 65 Khalif Barnes Fr
RB 29 Braxton Cleman Injured  Sr
TE 97 Joe Collier Sr
WR 18 Todd Elstrom Sr
RB 8 Willie Hurst (C) Sr
WR 7 Wilbur Hooks Jr
G 67 Nick Newton So
QB 3 Cody Pickett So
WR 5 Patrick Reddick Sr
TE 14 Jerramy Stevens Jr
FB 45 Ken Walker Sr
TE 84 Kevin Ware Jr
WR 1 Reggie Williams Fr
FB 48 Matthias Wilson Jr
G 75 Elliott Zajac Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 3 Roc Alexander So
LB 31 Sam Blanche Sr
FS 43 Owen Biddle Jr
SS 34 Greg Carothers So
LB 88 Marquis Cooper So
FS 19 Wondame Davis Sr
LB 90 Kai Ellis Jr
SS 9 Roderick Green Sr
DT 99 Tank Johnson So
LB 47 Anthony Kelley Sr
CB 12 Omare Lowe Sr
LB 41 Ben Mahdavi Jr
CB 28 Chris Massey So
DT 65 Josh Miller Fr
DE 98 Marcus Roberson Sr
DT 70 Larry Tripplett (C) Sr
LB 5 Zach Tuiasosopo Fr
LB 6 Jamaun Willis Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 15 John Anderson Jr
P 17 Derek McLaughlin Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

NFL draft

Three Huskies were selected in the 2002 NFL draft, which lasted seven rounds (261 selections).

PlayerPositionRoundOverallFranchise
Jerramy StevensTE1st28Seattle Seahawks
Larry TripplettDT2nd42Indianapolis Colts
Omare LoweCB5th161Miami Dolphins

References
  1. "Washington Yearly Results (2000–2004)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  2. Marmor, Jon (December 2001). "9/12/2001: Remember the Huskies". Columns. UW Alumni Association. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  3. Clark, Bob (November 13, 2002). "Time turns down rivalry's heat". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.
  4. Clark, Bob (November 16, 2002). "Northwest rivalry resumes, no love lost". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1D.
  5. Rosenblatt, Richard (September 16, 2011). "NCAA weighing options". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1G.


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